Work Issues

I have a startling amount of customers that have grown to be rather attached to me, in that friendly, “she knows my drink and face and always has everything ready and smiles so golly gee she must really like me” way. It’s kind of scary, alarming, but also kind of amusing. I like most of the people who are our regulars, but quite a few creep me out in how they look at my coworkers. I’m also just really paranoid so it could be nothing. However, there’s a couple I KNOW creep my fellow employees out. The most recent is a woman who is apparently convinced we’re going to be BEST FRIENDS and keeps trying to get me to go out and drink with her. With a fake ID(because I tried to use my underageness as an excuse and she was having NONE OF IT). She honestly scares me, because her idea of fun is getting wasted and high and not remembering anything and just waking up in random places. SHe’s an adult. With a job. She works with horses and kids. I’m honestly petrified of her, because she’s always so insistent. I’ve tried to make it politely clear that I’m not interested in ‘going out to places’ and doing things but she doesn’t take a hint. Unfortunately, one of my coworkers sort of spilled my birthday so ;afjkasdf It’s not a huge deal but she comes every morning so it’s a little uncomfortable. 

Another recent event is that this morning, a coworker forgot he was going to open. So, I got a text at 5:09 AM asking if I opened. I had to tell her no, he did, but yes I would come in so she could open the store. :/ I wasn’t supposed to go in until 11:30 AM. There goes my sleeping time! Thankfully my eye’s pretty much healed or I would have bitched him out so much. Either way, I got my eight hours. Downside? I had pointed out if he can’t make it, I’d work his shift and mine(there was an hour break in between). She never said no, but later when I pointed it out again, she said she was sorry. Instead, she had me work only eight hours, and then he covered the rest of my shift. Problem? He gained an extra two hours out of not showing up to his opening shift. We get paid time and a half today. So he was essentially rewarded for being forgetful. Fuck it. I deserved those five and a half extra hours. I needed the money. I’m told ‘take minimum’ and the person who screwed us over is given money and time? I don’t like it at all. He’s on his third write up, technically that could have gotten him fired. I just… as;kdfhasd

Coworker(one who was late) has also been touchy-feely a bit more than usual. Instead of saying, “I’m behind you” or anything, he touches my back or shoulder(which I have issues with) or my waist. I pointed out I was uncomfortable with this, but he still does it. I’m going to talk with him again. The other day he asked if he could hug me. I said, “I don’t do hugs” because I don’t feel comfortable enough with him to do so. I rarely do it to my female coworkers, only one shift and that’s usually when she’s feeling really bad. I give a quick hug. Anyway, I denied him, and he hugs me anyway. I’m annoyed that he didn’t take the hint, so I don’t reciprocate. Make of it what you will, I’m just passive aggressive I guess. It’s not that he’s bad, I’m just not on really friendly terms with him. I’m a little pissed at him, mostly for choices he’s made, but for other things as well. He’s now started calling me “Gerbear” again which pisses me off. I told him NO on that subject before. I just really hate the amount of disrespect that’s being flaunted. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if I hadn’t made things clear beforehand, but because I have, the fact that he’s ignoring my requests hurts more. Pisses me off more. Makes me not want to be around him more.

Also, there’s the fact that if I don’t ask to be promoted to shift, then there’s a possibility another Susan-spy will be transferred in. I’m determined to not let that happen, it would fuck our whole store over. It’s not an immediate threat now, but one of my shifts is considering leaving, which would make it an automatic transfer. Blarh. I don’t know if I can handle being a shift and working those hours while in school full-time(18 credits full time). I don’t want him in our store though, I can’t stand how tense things get when we have spies there. Ugh. I guess I’m just fed up with the whole situation there. I want out. But I don’t want out. I just want things to stop changing. I dislike so much change over such short periods of time. Stability would be nice.

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